A big thanks to Xiaobin Lin for taking the time to submit and the
related patch for bug
#64248. The patch is based on 5.5.20
This should help users to restore their database faster thanks to
fast index creation. More information is available via the
bugs page. I have heard that this is just one of
several patches he has contributed.
Contributions such as this, help MySQL to continue to deliver an
always improving product.
So a big “Thank You” from the MySQL team.

CA and IBM, two of the so-called Big Four in systems management
software, announced this week a federated configuration
management database (CMDB) system for interoperability of their
software. Something like this comoing from two of Big Four (BMC,
CA, HP and IBM) wouldn’t normally hold much meaning for open
source players such as GroundWork, Hyperic and Zenoss, but it
actually does for a couple of reasons.

First, part of the technology that CA and IBM are using to link
up their systems management software, which allows it to share
information between the two CMDBs, is actually …

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